4. COMPANY PROFILE
Founded :Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States (April 4, 1975)
Founder(s) :Bill Gates, Paul Allen
Headquarters : Microsoft Redmond Campus, Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Revenue : 73.72 Billons $
Net Income : 16.97 Billions $
Employees : 94000
Website : WWW.Microsoft.com
6. KEY PERSONS
Bill Gates : Chairman of the Board
Steven Ballmer : Chief Executive Officer
Peter Klein: Chief Financial Officer
Kurt DelBene: President - Microsoft Office Division
Satya Nadella : President - Server and Tools Business
Brian Turner: Chief Operating Officer
7. HISTORY
1975-1983 Early History
1984-1994 Windows And Office
1995-2005 internet and 32-bit era
2006-2011 Windows Vista, Window 7,mobile & SaaS
2012-present windows mobile metro design
20. PEST Analysis
Money supply
Income distribution
Education
Living status (tech-
force, broad mind)
Average population
agerates
Economic growth
23. STRENGTH
Brand Name.
Windows is #1 OS in the world
Software for consumers and professionals
Xbox 360 is 2nd best selling game system in the world
Cloud storage- Microsoft 365
Competitive Pricing
User friendly Software
24. WEAKNESSES
Do not produce their own hardware.
Dependency On Hardware.
Bad search engine- Bing, MSN
Slow adaption of new iterations of Windows
Windows Vista
Unsecured OS (as compared to linux)
25. OPPORTUNITIES
Hardware market
Consumer technology
Windows 8
Surface
No Dedicated User
Increasing awareness.
26. THREATS
Piracy
Google Declare War
Libra Office
People shifting From PC to Mobile & Tablets
Ouya
Fast changing technology